Bag



May .29, i928. y 1,671,928

R. `C. GROH BAG Filed Deo. 27, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Babe@ C1 roh A May29, 192s. 1,671,928 2 R. C. GROH BAG Filed Deo. 27, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet2 61H01 mm1 Patented May 29, 1928.

` UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ROBERT C. GrROII, 0F ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA,

ASSIGNOB yOIF ONE-THIRD T GEORGE F.

GETSEY, OF MIN N EAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ANI) ONEeTHIRI) TO FRANK X. NOVAI,0F

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BAG.

Appiicaeon sled December 27, 1926. serial N0.,157,10.

The present invention relates to a shopping bag and more particularly toa shoppin-g bagvhavin'g a carrying cord extending around the bottomthereof and anchored thereto through openings in lthe bottom of saidbag.

An object of the present invention is to make a shopping bag having apair of carrying handles therefor extending downwardly throughperforations in t-he sides thereof and aroundv the bottom of said bagtoprovide a simple handle construction which will give a maximum degreeof support for the contents of said bag, the carrying handles beinganchored to each oth-er and to the bag t-hrough holes inl the bottom ofsaid bag.

l In order to attain this object, there is provided, in accordance withone feature of the invention, a paper bag having a. folded bot-` tomportion and having a pair of carrying cords passed through perforationsin opposite sides of the bag and brought up throughperforations in thebottom of the bag, being tied together' on the interior of the bag bot-Vtomy to anchor the .cord against slippage.

These and other features of the invention will be more fully brought outin the following description and the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of an ordinary type of large paper baghaving a pair of carrying handles constructed in accordance with thepresent invention.

Figure 2 is a. View in lower elevation of the bag shown in Figure l.

Figure 3 is a View in perspective of a modified form of bag having thehandles thereof constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional View on the line 4 4 of Figure 2;and

Figure 5 is a view in perspective of the carrying cords alone as theywould appear when mounted on a bag.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a bag A is perforated on each sidenear the upper edge thereof as at 1 and 2, and also at 3 and 4, justbelow the lateral crease 5, at which point the bottom 6 of the bag maybe folded parallel with either side of the bag in a well known manner.The bottom of the bag is perforated at 7 and 8 on each side, saidperfor-ations being in line with the perforations 3 and 4 in the side ofthe bag, and 1 and 2 near th-e upper edge thereof. vSince the positionof the openings for receiving the carrying cords, and the carrying cordstheinselves are duplicated on opposite ysides of the bag, reference willbe had to the structure of but one side of the bag. The perforations inthe bottom of the bag arefprefer ably made through the maximum number ofthicknesses of the bag material which occur on the bottom of the bag.One familiar with Ibag construction is aware of the fact thatthea-ottoms off both types of bao's shown are folded in the manner shownin Figure 2, where two endfflaps `9 and 10, shovn 1indotted lines, arefolded, and two side flaps 11 andI 12 are then folded across to overlapone another, as illustrated. Three thicknesses of the bag material arethus provided at the points where the perforations 7 and 8- are made inthe bottom of the bag. After 'perfoifating the bag inl the mannerillustrated and described, a pair ofV carrying cords 13 and 14 ar-einserted, one for each sideof the bag, each cord being loopedj at itscenter and one side thereof passed" in through the top openings 1 and 2,thence downwardly along the inside fof the bag wall outwardly throughthe lower openings 3 and 4 and upwardly through the bottom vopenings 7and 8. The ends of the cords 13 and 14 are drawn up a short distanceinside of the bag to give them sufficient length to permit of theirbeing knotted together as at 15 (F igures 4 and After knot-ting, thehandles 13 and 14 are drawn taut to force the knots 15 down against theinner surface of the bottom of the bag. The knot firmly locks the cordagainst slippage and the passing of the cord through the openings in thebottom of the bag also firmly locks the cord against slipping outwardlyover the ends of the bag. Since the perforations in the bottom of thebag are through several thicknesses of bag material, the carrying cordsare anchored at points of maximum strength of the bag, which makes thepoint of anchorage one of the strong points of the bag. It also givescarrying support to the lower' edges of the bag which is lacking inconstructions where the cord passes through openings adjacent said loweredge to pass inside of said edge.

A modified form of bag B is shown in Figure v3. This bag, of the typecommonly referred to as sato/hel ybottom bag, has the! f hand bag.

sides thereof folded inwardly as at 16. The carrying cords andperforations in this modified form of bag all find their substantialequivalent in the construction shown in Figures 1 and 2. It willsuffice, therefore, to number the parts of this bag in the sainesequence as the parts of the bag A, the parts of the bag B, however,being primed to distinguish from the identifying numerals of the bag A.rlfhe bag` B illustrated in Figure Z5, is intended to be made of heaviermaterial than the bag A, such as a heavier grade of paper, orleatherette, to provide a carrier in the nature of a small valise orSince the sides of this bag fold inwardly instead this type, having thesaine over all width when folded as the type of bag shown in Figure 1,would have a much larger carrying capacity.

By running' the carrying cords 13 and le below the creases or folds 5before bringing them out through the openings 3 and 4:, these creases orfolds are forced outwardly upon opening the bag and drawing the handlestaut, which assists the bag in assuming its proper shape under a loadand precludes the possibility of carrying the bag with the bottom foldedagainst one side or the other, as frequently happens when carrying cordhandles are employed passing around the bottom of a bag and entering thesides thereof above this line of fold.

I claim:

1. A shopping bag having a pair of perforations in each side thereofnear the top of the bag, a second pair of perforations in of outwardly,a bag of' the side wall of the bag below the lateral crease at which thebottom of the bag falls against the side wall of the bag, and two pairsof perforations at the bottoni of said bag, each pair of saidperforations being in vertical alineinent with the top and lower sideopenings in one side of the bag, and a pair of carrying cords, each ofwhich is looped in the center and the ends of which are passed inwardlythrough the top openings, in the side wall of the bag, thence downwardlyalong the interior of the bag, outwardly through the openings in thelower side wall of the bag, around the lower edge of the bag, and thenceupwardly through one of each pair of openings in the bottoni of the bag,the ends of opposite carrying cords being knotted together to securethem together and to hold the carrying cords against slippage.

A shopping bag comprising a collapsible bag having two pairs ofperforations in the bottom thereof, the perforations of each of saidpairs being closely adjacent each other, a pair of cords looped abovethe upper edge of said bag upon either side thereof to form handles andpassing downwardly around the lower edge of said bag and upwardlythrough one of each of said pairs of openings in the bottoni of saidbag,r the ends of said cords in each of said pairs'of openings beingknotted together with a knot larger than said perforations in the bottomof said bag to anchor the cords against slippage.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT C. GROH.

